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Rockstar Games has revealed the original codename for Grand Theft Auto 6 was Project Americas, and that its intention was for the game to cover large areas of land in both the north of the country and the south.

The information comes from a wide-ranging interview with Rockstar on Bloomberg , which charted the beginnings of the GTA 6 project as well as the notable moments since: delays, game leaks, trailer releases, and more.

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Bloomberg heard that Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson took a group of staff to Miami in 2015 for the game's first research trip, and that Project Americas - as the game was then known - "aimed to feature big swaths of land across both North and South America", before being scaled down to Miami and its surrounding areas.…